400 block of south 4th Street on the east side. A shoe store, an unidentified storefront, and Thomas McAn on the ground level with a detective agency and other offices on the higher floors. A man stands at a window on the second floor.
A blurry image of the front of a log cabin, built onto a platform stage. A flag is draped on one side of the cabin, and on the other side is a sign. This cabin, known as the "Traipsin' Woman Cabin" (as indicated by the sign above the...
Boys; People with disabilities; Men; Women; Log cabins
A boy dressed up with a tie walks on crutches outside a log cabin, while an old man and old woman look on from the doorway. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable to stand upright until he...
Boys; Stringed instruments; Guitars; Fences; Baskets; Costumes--United States; American Folk Song Festival
A boy identified as "Little Chad," wearing overalls, plays guitar while sitting on a split-rail fence surrounded by trees and plants, with a basket at his feet. "Little Chad" has been named after a child Jean Thomas met at the...
A boy wearing a hospital gown sits on an iron hospital bed typing on a typewriter. A nurse, holding a glass, watches him. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable to stand upright until he...
Boys; Men; Women; People with disabilities; Log cabins
A boy wearing a tie and pants with holes in the knees walks on crutches outside a log cabin, while an old man and old woman look on from the doorway. The boy is probably Lora Thacker of Raccoon Hollow [Harlan County], Kentucky, who had been unable...
Boys; Girls; Baskets; Bonnets; Costumes--United States; Stringed instruments; Mandolins; Guitars; Fences; American Folk Song Festival
A boy, wearing overalls with a straw hat on his knee, plays guitar while leaning on a split-rail fence with a basket at his feet. A girl, standing next to him, plays mandolin while wearing a calico dress with a bonnet hung on her arm. They are...
A brunette woman, facing the camera, puts her arms around a young blonde woman, whose eyes are closed and head rests on the other woman's shoulder. They stand outdoors next to a plant. The blonde woman may be Jean Thomas. Title supplied by...
A cabinet card of the exterior of a stately brick house with an overgrown lawn, apparently belonging to Henry Bell, Jean Thomas' uncle. A little girl wearing a dress with pinafore standing outside one door of the house is Henry's daughter, Nellie...
A copy photograph of a framed portrait of a dark-haired woman with hair pulled back, wearing a black dress with white collar. She may be Jean Thomas' grandmother, Sarah Mefford Bell. The name Mary Culbertson has also been associated with this...
A copy photograph of a portrait of a woman who may be Jean Thomas' mother, Kate Smith Bell. The portrait is oval-shaped and in what appears to be a cloth-lined case frame. The woman's hair is pulled back at the top (but long in back), and she wears...
A copy photograph of a portrait of a young woman who may be Jean Thomas' mother, Kate Smith Bell. The portrait is oval-shaped and in a frame. The woman's hair is pulled back at the top (but long and wavy in back), and she wears a shawl with a...
Men; Women; Signs (Notices); Log cabins; American Folk Song Festival
A copy photograph of the page of an album containing a photograph of Jean Thomas (front, in tam) with Coe Glade (young woman in suit at left), Ruth Ogden (at right), and an unidentified man on the steps of Thomas' Traipsin' Woman Cabin on the Mayo...
A dark image of a woman, wearing a suit and wide-brimmed hat with bow, touching a monument in a graveyard. They may be members of Jean Thomas' family, the Bells. Title supplied by cataloger.
A dark picture of a man and two women inside an early-model convertible. They may be members of Jean Thomas' family, the Bells. Title supplied by cataloger.
A dulcimer shell leans against a cane chair in the yard of Jean Thomas' "Wee House in the Wood," Ashland, Kentucky. This wooden frame will be used to create mountain dulcimer stringed instruments. Title supplied by cataloger.
